Babies wake at any hour, teenagers refuse to get out of bed, older adults find a good night’s rest harder to achieve. Why do our sleep patterns shift with age?Between dozing off and the alarm shrieking, our bodies and brains undergo quite a few changes. Sleep...

In the past few years, people of all ages have taken up indoor climbing, and new centres are springing up across the UK. Why do so many people, young and old, want to spend their free time hanging off a wall?It’s a Saturday morning in Southampton, and I am four metres...

Does breastfeeding help you lose weight? Serena Williams doesn’t think so – here’s what scientists saySerena Williams has poured cold water – or rather, cold milk – on the idea that breastfeeding causes the excess weight gained while growing a baby to melt...

Alcohol doesn’t have to affect your life dramatically to be problematic. When I realised I had missed the same event two years in a row because I was suffering after a heavy night, I knew I had to changeIt was the worst hangover of my life – and I have had a lot of...

Being an experienced runner, I was mistaken thinking that ultras would be more of the same. But making sure you prepare your head, body and your feet makes a world of differenceBefore this year, I was a reasonably proficient marathon runner (PB: 2hr 50min), but I had...